China has had a remarkable period of rapid growth shifting from a centrally planned to a market based economy. Today, China is an upper middle-income country that has complex development needs, where the Bank continues to play an important development role.
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December 7, 2016 — Chinese and international pollution management professionals are gathering in Beijing for a series of events as part of a Pollution Management and Environmental Health Business Week to share their experiences in air quality management.
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November 18, 2016 — China is a water-stressed country with low per capita water availability. A World-Bank supported project helped improve agriculture water management and increase agriculture water productivity.
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October 17, 2016 — According to official figures, in China, 55 million people were living in poverty in 2015－so reductions in poverty in China will continue to have a strong impact on the world's goal to end extreme poverty by 2030.
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